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Reference code
ITN/5/39/52
Title
Duke and Duchess of Windsor at the Gala Ball in Versailles
Date(s)
- June 1953 (Creation)
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1 photograph
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(1955 - present)
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File picture of the late Duke and Duchess of Windsor at the Gala Ball, Versailles in June 1953. The Duchess is wearing a bib necklace by Cartier, Paris, 1947, the front of lattice design set with step-cut amethysts, brilliant cut diamonds and turquoises, with a large heart-shaped amethyst at the front surmounted by three baguette diamonds, on the chain of Prince of Wales linking. The item will be among the jewels owned [text missing]
Broadcast Date: 16 March 1987
Agency: Reuters
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Copyright: Reuters